PERICROCOTUS. 481 



branch of a tree. Some eggs of this bird found by Hutton are 

 described as being greyish white marked with yellowish brown and 

 inky purple and measuring *9 by '72. 



The next species has usually been identified with McClelland's 

 Pericrocotus elegans from Assam. His type, however, which is 

 still preserved in the British Museum, is clearly referable to 

 P. speciosus. 



41)1. Pericrocotus fraterculus. The Burmese Scarlet Minivet. 



Pericrocotus rutilus, Gould, teste Gray, Hand-list, i, p. 335, " Pegu " 



(1869, descr. nulla). 

 Pericrocotus elegans, McClell, apud Hume, S. F. iii, p. 95; Sharps, 



S. F. iv, p. 206 ; Hume, S. F. v, p 194 ; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi, 



p. 211 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 73 ; Hume, Cat. no. 271 ter j 



Gates, B. B. i, p. 236. 



Pericrocotus fraterculus, Sivinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 244. 

 Pericrocotus speciosus (Lath.), apud Blyth fy Wald. Birds Burm. 



p. 123. 



Hnet-mintha, Burm. 



Coloration. Resembles P. speciosus. The male differs in having 

 both wing and tail constantly smaller, and in the outer webs of 

 the middle pair of tail-feathers being as a rule, but not always, 

 entirely red. The females merely differ in size. 



Bill and legs black; inside of mouth flesh-colour; iris dark 

 brown ; eyelids grey ; claws dark horn. 



Length about 8 ; tail 3'4 ; wing 3'7 ; tarsus '75 ; bill from 

 gape -9. 



Distribution. The most northern locality from which I have been 

 able to examine a specimen of this bird is Tippuk in Assam. I 

 have also seen specimens from the Khasi hills and Manipur. 

 Thence the present species is spread over the whole of Burma 

 to the extreme south of Tenasserim, and extends into Siam and 

 China. 



492. Pericrocotus andamanensis. The Andamanese 

 Scarlet Minivet. 



Pericrocotus andamanensis, Tytler, Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 322 ; 

 Walden, Ilns, 1873, p. 309 : Hume, S. F. ii, p. 208 ; id. S. F. v, 

 p. 195 ; id. Cat. no. 271 bis ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 73. 



Coloration. Resembles P. speciosus. The male differs in having 

 the first three primaries entirely black. The female differs in 

 having the first four primaries entirely blackish and the forehead 

 and entire lower plumage orange-yellow, not pure yellow. This 

 species is also considerably smaller than P. speciosus. 



Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black ( Wardlaw Ramsay). 



Length nearly 8 ; tail 3'5 ; wing 3'6 ; tarsus -65 ; bill from 

 gape '9. 



Distribution. The Andamans. 

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